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A man from Stoke with a severely disabled son is challenging the controversial government legislation known as the 'bedroom tax'. James Daly's son has cerebral palsy and lives with him for half of each week.

But under the legislation, called the spare room subsidy, people lose benefits if the room isn't used.

Today, Supreme Court judges began a three day hearing to decide if the tax discriminates against vulnerable people.

Before the latest round of litigation, a spokesman from the Department for Work and Pensions said:

"Removing the spare room subsidy has restored fairness to the system for claimants as well as the taxpayer, and the numbers subject to a reduction are falling."

Campaigners in the Midlands will hold protests today against the so-called Bedroom Tax, one year after the legislation came into force.

Dubbed the "bedroom tax" by Labour, the Government's spare room subsidy came in to force in April 2013 meaning those living in social housing ,who are deemed to have a spare bedroom, would be asked to down-size or face a cut in benefits.

Protesters will gather at 1pm at the Brian Clough Statue Nottingham and on High Street in Birmingham City Centre.

A group of six people facing eviction were in court today because they're all struggling to pay the so-called bedroom tax.

Bill Dobson, one of the group, has lived in his home in Nottingham for 17 years, but now can't afford to pay the council his £14 a week spare-room subsidy. Charlotte Grant joined him on the day he went to court.

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More than half the people hit by recent changes to housing benefit have fallen into rent arrears since they were introduced, according to a new survey. Branded a 'bedroom tax' by its opponents, the new policy cut housing benefit for those with spare bedrooms.

The purpose was to force single people into smaller houses to free up stock for larger families. The survey of fifty one housing federations says 60,000 people in the West Midlands are affected by it - and that sixty three per cent of those are disabled. Callum Watkinson reports.